Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63G > Chapter 5 - Governmental Dispute Resolution Act

• ADR: means a process other than litigation used to resolve disputes including mediation, arbitration, facilitation, regulatory negotiation, fact-finding, conciliation, early neutral evaluation, and policy dialogues. See Utah Code 63G-5-102
• ADR provider: includes an arbitrator, mediator, and early neutral evaluator and may be an employee or an independent contractor. See Utah Code 63G-5-102
• Arbitration: means a private hearing before an ADR provider or panel of ADR providers who hear the evidence, consider the contentions of the parties, and enter a written award to resolve the issues presented. See Utah Code 63G-5-102
• Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to:

  (a)	an insured under a group insurance policy; or

  (b)

  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Form: means one of the following prepared for general use: (i)  a policy; (ii)  a certificate; (iii)  an application; (iv)  an outline of coverage; or (v)  an endorsement. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Long-term care insurance: includes : (i)  any of the following that provide directly or supplement long-term care insurance: (A)  a group or individual annuity or rider; or (B)  a life insurance policy or rider; (ii)  a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits on the basis of: (A)  cognitive impairment; or (B)  functional capacity; or (iii)  a qualified long-term care insurance contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Neutral: means a person who holds himself out to the public as a qualified person trained to use alternative dispute resolution techniques to resolve conflicts. See Utah Code 63G-5-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Policy: includes a service contract issued by: (i)  a motor club under Chapter 11, Motor Clubs; (ii)  a service contract provided under Chapter 6a, Service Contracts; and (iii)  a corporation licensed under: (A)  Chapter 7, Nonprofit Health Service Insurance Corporations; or (B)  Chapter 8, Health Maintenance Organizations and Limited Health Plans. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Policyholder: means a person who controls a policy, binder, or oral contract by ownership, premium payment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Premium: includes , however designated: (i)  an assessment; (ii)  a membership fee; (iii)  a required contribution; or (iv)  monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Rate: means : (i)  the cost of a given unit of insurance; or (ii)  for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (A)  a single number; or (B)  a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (I)  expenses; (II)  profit; and (III)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Rider: means an endorsement to: (a)  an insurance policy; or (b)  an insurance certificate. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5